[Healeys] Oil choices

[Robert Blair]

Me - Valvoline Racing 20-50 VR1 - has stated high zinc additive.

Most major 20-50 brands should be fine, providing the container states exact
or elevated level or zinc additive - necessary for old technology engines -
such as Healey.

Reason this is marketed as 'racing oil' is that the zinc damages the
catalytics on modern cars, and so should not be used.  Fine for modern track
cars of course.

Robert N. Blair  Yellow 65BJ8  RNBmail at yahoo.com
 



--- On Fri, 6/29/12, Stephen Hutchings <s.hutchings at rogers.com> wrote:

> From: Stephen Hutchings <s.hutchings at rogers.com>
> Subject: [Healeys] Oil choices
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Date: Friday, June 29, 2012, 7:14 AM
> So, after all the discussion, what
> oil are most people using, particularly on newly built
> engines?
> I've just read that Kendall has been bought and no longer
> has sufficient ZDDP.
> The more I read, the more it sounds like the racing oils are
> the best bet, in North America anyway.
> I have a new cam and lifters and will be ready for the
> initial start up soon, so this question has been on my mind.
> I had been planning to use Kendall, and may still find some
> old stock, but after the first twenty minutes of running
> time, I have to change the oil!
> Stephen BJ8
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